Description
Wine Gift Set Includes:
- Bodegas Muga Seleccion Especial
It has a deep robe and an intense black-cherry color with garnet-red glints. On the nose it stands out for its great intensity, with a predominance of notes of oak and spices, cloves and cocoa, accompanied by ripe fruit and underlying balsamic herbs coming through. It proves round and smooth on the palate, with a silky, very well-balanced texture. Reminders of the ripe fruit reappear, with polished tannins and perfectly integrated acidity which give the wine harmony and length. The finish is long, elegant and persistent, leaving a typically spicy, fruity reminder. - Black Wine Box
Professional Ratings
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Jeb Dunnuck
Typically a fall release, the 2021 Muga Seleccion Especial is an exceptional wine from an exceptional vintage, combining 80% Tempranillo with Garnacha, Graciano, and Mazuelo from mostly its own vineyards. Gorgeous red and black berry fruit with citrus undertones carry a plush, generous, and full-bodied palate with an undeniable lightness of being. It spends 26 months in 40% new oak. There’s nuanced baking spice, dried herb, and lavender, supple tannins, and moderate tension, the acidity able to retain freshness throughout. Age 15-20 years.
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James Suckling
Fresh, plush but restrained with blackberries, cedar, graphite, pine, cocoa powder and incense. The fine wood is closely knit to the deep, vivid black fruit with medium to full body and polished tannins. The lengthy finish is structured and caressing. A blend of tempranillo, garnacha, graciano and mazuelo. Drink or hold.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2021 Selección Especial, is always their most gastronomical red, produced with a blend of the four traditional varieties from Rioja—Tempranillo, Garnacha Tinta, Mazuelo and Graciano. The grapes fermented in oak vats with moderate extraction, and the wine matured in French oak barrels built by their coopers for 26 months, with racking every eight to nine months. Like many others, they are in love with the wines from 2021, a year that was not easy but produced vibrant wines with lots of freshness and a combination of power and elegance. This wine has evolved over the years, going more toward a selection of vineyards rather than a selection of barrels, which is how it started. It combines classical and more modern characteristics in a fantastic vintage that is evolving very nicely in bottle; they called it a traditional Rioja with a bit of rock and roll! It comes in at 14.5% alcohol, with a pH of 3.56 and 5.91 grams of acidity and fine-grained tannins.
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Wine Enthusiast
This brings richness of flavor and excellent poise to its deep Amarena cherry, cassis, and a complex cabinet of dark, peppery spices. Classic notes of cigar box and leather complete the picture, while the finish is topped with dusty earth and layers of spice. This expresses the polished signature of the vintage and will be beautiful through at least the next decade.
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Wine Spectator
A lovely red, with fine integration of its creamy-edged, muscular tannins, plus a layered range of flavors. Baked black cherry and plum fruit is accented by iron, sweet paprika, dried thyme and bay leaf, mocha, and anise. Long, showing refreshing sapidity on the finish. Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano and Mazuelo. Drink now through 2036.
